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Hendra virus survival does not explain spillover patterns and implicates relatively direct transmission routes from flying foxes to horses Free

Abstract

Hendra virus (HeV) is lethal to humans and horses, and little is known about its epidemiology. Biosecurity restrictions impede advances, particularly on understanding pathways of transmission. Quantifying the environmental survival of HeV can be used for making decisions and to infer transmission pathways. We estimated HeV survival with a Weibull distribution and calculated parameters from data generated in laboratory experiments. HeV survival rates based on air temperatures 24 h after excretion ranged from 2 to 10 % in summer and from 12 to 33 % in winter. Simulated survival across the distribution of the black flying fox (), a key reservoir host, did not predict spillover events. Based on our analyses we concluded that the most likely pathways of transmission did not require long periods of virus survival and were likely to involve relatively direct contact with flying fox excreta shortly after excretion.

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Hendra virus survival does not explain spillover patterns and implicates relatively direct transmission routes from flying foxes to horses
J. Gen. Virol. 96, 1229 (2015); https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.000073
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